Afterlife of Events: Perspectives on Mnemohistory

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction: Afterlife of Events: Perspectives on Mnemohistory....Pages 1-23
Front Matter....Pages 25-25
Historical Event between the Sphinx and the Phoenix....Pages 27-43
Events, Proper Names and the Rise of Memory....Pages 44-61
Accelerating Change and Trigger Events....Pages 62-78
Theories of Cultural Memory and the Concept of ‘Afterlife’....Pages 79-94
Literature and the Afterlife of Events: The Lost and Haunted World of Austerlitz....Pages 95-111
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
Exodus and Memory....Pages 115-133
Convulsion Recalled: Aftermath and Cultural Memory (Post-1798 Ireland)....Pages 134-153
Celebrating Final Victory in Estonia’s ‘Great Battle for Freedom’: The Short Afterlife of 23 June 1919 as National Holiday, 1934–1939....Pages 154-177
Novemberland: 9 November, the German Master Example of Hauntology....Pages 178-195
German Pasts in a Russian City — Kaliningrad between 1946 and 2006....Pages 196-218
Can a Criminal Event in the Past Disappear in a Garbage Bin in the Present? Dutch Colonial Memory and Human Rights: The Case of Rawagede....Pages 219-241
Do Apologies End Events? Bloody Sunday, 1972–2010....Pages 242-261
Afterthoughts on Afterlives....Pages 262-275
Back Matter....Pages 276-281